Heath David, Momtaz David, Ghali Abdullah, Salazar Luis, Bethiel Jonathan, Christopher Boris, Mooney Caitlyn, Bartush Katherine C
UT Health San Antonio, Department of Orthopaedics, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA.
Open Access J Sports Med. 2021 Oct 28;12:147-157. doi: 10.2147/OAJSM.S337251. eCollection 2021.
The rate of medial meniscus tear (MMT) in professional soccer players is high. There are no studies on objective performance metrics following medial meniscus repair in these athletes.
Examine the impact of MMT treated with surgical repair on performance metrics and career longevity in Major League Soccer (MLS) players.
MLS players who sustained an MMT between 1993 and 2019 were identified via publicly available databases. These players were each matched to 2 uninjured controls by debut date, experience, position, race, ethnicity, height, weight, and body mass index (BMI). Demographic data and performance metrics were then collected for both groups. Matches, minutes, goals, assists, shots, shots on target, duels, and duel percentage won are collectively referred to as performance metrics. Statistical analysis compared demographic distributions and performance metrics between the MMT and control groups.
Thirty-three MLS players who had undergone medial meniscus repair were identified and matched to 66 controls. All performance metrics decreased in the MMT group when compared to their controls in the first year after injury. This difference remained significant even when the performance metrics were normalized with respect to time, indicating that the injured players both played less and were not as productive. At 2 years after injury, performance metrics returned to pre-injury levels and were equivalent to those of the healthy controls. Career length was found to be significantly different between the two groups at 8.81 ± 3.9 years for the MMT group and 12.63 ± 3.51 years for the control group ( < 0.001).
MLS players undergoing medial meniscus repair had decreased performance metrics in the first year after injury but returned to baseline levels of play at the second year after injury. Their careers were also shorter than those of their uninjured controls.
职业足球运动员内侧半月板撕裂（MMT）的发生率很高。目前尚无关于这些运动员内侧半月板修复后客观表现指标的研究。
研究手术修复治疗MMT对美国职业足球大联盟（MLS）球员表现指标和职业生涯长度的影响。
通过公开数据库识别1993年至2019年间发生MMT的MLS球员。根据首秀日期、经验、位置、种族、民族、身高、体重和体重指数（BMI），将这些球员与2名未受伤的对照组球员进行匹配。然后收集两组的人口统计学数据和表现指标。比赛场次、上场时间、进球数、助攻数、射门次数、射正次数、对抗次数和对抗胜率统称为表现指标。统计分析比较了MMT组和对照组之间的人口统计学分布和表现指标。
确定了33名接受内侧半月板修复的MLS球员，并与66名对照组球员进行匹配。与受伤后第一年的对照组相比，MMT组的所有表现指标均下降。即使将表现指标按时间进行标准化，这种差异仍然显著，这表明受伤球员上场时间减少且效率不高。受伤后2年，表现指标恢复到受伤前水平，与健康对照组相当。发现两组的职业生涯长度存在显著差异，MMT组为8.81±3.9年，对照组为12.63±3.51年（<0.001）。
接受内侧半月板修复的MLS球员在受伤后第一年表现指标下降，但在受伤后第二年恢复到基线水平。他们的职业生涯也比未受伤的对照组短。
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